WTF* is Cone-ing

The thing about videos that go viral is that they don’t have to make much sense. Why else would we all hate Rebecca Black, and why else would “cone-ing” be so popular right now?

“Cone-ing,” started by Australian prankster Alki Stevens, is the art of filming yourself ordering an ice cream cone at a drive-thru and then grabbing said cone by the wrong end, i.e. grabbing a fistful of ice cream. That’s it, hilarity ensues. Stevens’s first cone-ing YouTube video is already approaching 1.5 million views, and Stevens hopes the fad becomes even bigger than “planking.”

At this point we’d like to bring up the fact that, for a long time, Australia was used as a British penal colony.

* Please remember that “WTF” stands for “Winning the Future” according to Sarah Palin, so if you thought the title of this post was offensive or crude, you’re mistaken. –Adam Moerder